It’s My Life Shawl: Clue 1 Complete

Granted, I am not the fastest knitter, but I love this so far. I was going to make the Merging Ripple Shawl by Kyoko Nakayoshi, but I am really loving this portion of Stephen West’s Exploration Station Mystery Knit Along, which emphasizes the short row turns (holes). However, as I am working this with my friend Ania and I am not pleased with what is coming up. While I am glad to be able to get some brioche experience, I love this shawl just that way it is. I may try to figure out the increase on my own and make one larger.

I am disappointed that I bought such fine yarn for this project, and find myself wishing I had made this mystery knit along with something cheaper. This is the primary reason I don’t like mystery knit alongs; you never know if you are going to like the pattern. After the brioche, which is the next section there is some kind of grid pattern that, in my opinion, is atrocious. Because I already know what the shawl will look like, there is not much of a mystery anymore.

I am glad to have finished clue one, as I told Ania I would be on brioche by the next meeting of One Skein Short, which is in tomorrow.